Tourist attractions

Szklarska Poręba, city in Lower-Silesian province, over Kamienna (Stoned), on border-land Karkonosze and mountains Izerskie. 8,2 Thousand inhabitants ( 2000 ).From 1959 city law.1947-1970 in Szklarska Poręba lived and created painter V. Hofman. Szklarska Poręba is located in south-west Poland,at runaway three border: Polish, Czech Republic and German, in Karkonosze and Izerskie mountains, close to Jelenia Gora. It lies at foot of the mountain Szrenica (1362 m above sea level ). It is the best developed winter sports center in Poland. City is put on height from 440 to 886 m above the sea. It borders directly upon Czech Republic ( passage boundary Jakuszyce). Due touristic values and advantageous site near big city middle-european: Prague 139 km, Vienna about 400 km, Wroclaw 140 km (every of them has airport), but also proceed proximity boundary Polish-Czech (8 km ) and Polish -German ( 71 km ), Szklarska Poreba is turisticaly attractive. It is known as one of the best touristic places in Poland. All its comforting values allows for active refreshment not only in ski season, but in the whole year.

There are not many soconducive torecreationareas in Poland such asaroundSzklarska Poręba.Silence,ever-changinglandscapesdepending on the lightingor time of day, combinedwith the noise ofcrystal-clearstreams andwaterfallssurrounded bygranite rocks-are the elementsthat affecta verysoothing effect onhuman nature.

Excellentstarting pointto the nearbyresort townsof CzechKarkonosze based on a numberof border crossings,sopedestriansandvehicles -to thegoldencity of Prague

SzklarskaPorebaalso maintainsa reputation as oneof the most importantcenters in the countrycross-country skiing.